The Patriot Act was enacted in October of 2001 shortly after the attacks on 9/11 to have an important role in the war on terrorism. It substantially expanded the authority of U.S. law enforcement agencies for the main purpose of fighting terrorism in the United States and abroad. Due to its rapid enactment, it raises the question whether it’s pro-security or anti-freedom. On one side, the Patriot Act is needed to ensure the safety of the United States against terrorism and without it our rights and liberties would be at greater risk. The Patriot Act allows both law enforcement and intelligence to share vital information which could prevent future terrorist strikes from occurring. It also eliminates the double standard between law enforcement and U.S. Intelligence in which they use the same tools that they use against terrorists that are already enforced against drug dealers and other criminals. Things are made easier by being able to track the phone contacts of a terrorist as you would with a local drug dealer. It also allows the internet to disclose customer information voluntarily to the government in emergencies involving potential death or risk of serious injury. This act also tackles the issue of terrorism financing which closes the gap concerning financing through informal money transfer networks rather than traditional financial institutions. But on the other side, The Patriot violates our civil liberties and the constitution and goes too far in trying to protect America. For instance, it allows indefinite detentions of immigrants. It also allows the searching of homes and businesses not only without the consent of the persons being searched but without them having any knowledge of it at all. It gives the F.B.I. the power to search telephone, e-mails, and financial records without the need of a court while allowing local law enforcement access to government records. In conclusion the Patriot Act forces American citizens into a choice of being or...

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This Act may be cited as the "Uniting and Strengthening America Act" by providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism. President Bush signed the PatriotAct on October 29, 2001. It passed and with no debate voted on; many members of congress did not fully read the act. Due to the anthrax scare many Congressman did not have access to their offices. Attorney General John Ashcroft silenced any debate by warning that anyone who contested the Act would be "akin to a traitor abetting the terrorist."(Podesta, 2001) Congress had rejected many of the provisions previously debated. It was a recycled compilation of many extreme "wish lists." In the post 9/11 wake of fear, it became a reality.
Executive Authority
The events of September 11 convinced ...overwhelming majorities in Congress that law enforcement and national security officials need new legal tools to fight terrorism. However, "we should not forget what gave rise to the original opposition - many aspects of the bill increase the opportunity for law enforcement and the intelligence community to return to an era where they monitored and sometimes harassed individuals who were merely exercising their First Amendment rights. Nothing that occurred on September 11 mandates that we return to such an era." (Podesta, 2002)
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...Pros and Cons of PatriotAct
The House of Representatives passed the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 on October 24, 2001. This is also known as the USA PatriotAct. The PatriotAct was designed to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world and to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (USA PatriotAct, 2001). The events of September 11, 2001 led to the near unanimous support for the PatriotAct. In this paper, our learning team will discuss the many pros and cons of the PatriotAct of 2001.
We will begin by discussing the positive aspects of the PatriotAct. The PatriotAct amended United States Code section 2703 title 18 that dealt with electronic surveillance subpoenas thereby enhancing law enforcement's surveillance capabilities. The PatriotAct widened the scope for subpoenas for records of electronic communication. It added local and long distance telephone connection records or records of session times and durations. It also changed wording to telephone or instrument number, including network addresses....

...The USA PATRIOTAct, more commonly known as the PatriotAct, was an Act of the U.S. Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush. This paper will review and analyze the stance of the government and where government is in the passing and regulation of the legislation, the original legislation as it was put into law, litigation that questioned and expressed concern about the constitutionality ofPatriotAct and subsequent legislation due to the outcome of some of those lawsuits. The PatriotAct, like any piece of legislation, was a reaction to events that questioned what the government’s role should be in differentiating between individual and societal rights. Due to the spectrum of information covered in the PatriotAct, this paper will reflect the process of government in only a few of the more controversial aspects of the bill. The term USA PATRIOTAct stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.
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The PatriotAct
12-10-08
Eng101:423
Argumentative Essay
The PatriotAct
America is based on two things: Blood and the Constitution. America is currently at war, fighting for our freedom. But what use is that if our Constitution, the very thing that grants us freedom, is no longer valid? Only five weeks after the September 11 attacks congress passed an act granting greater judicial power to information gathering agencies. The Patriotact, passed October 26 2001(New York Times), strips americans of their basic human rights as defined by the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
The Constitution is the foundation of American Law. It grants certain rights to the american people. The same men wrote the constitution who wrote the Declaration of Independence which states that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights”(Declaration of Independence). To their Bill of Rights they added: freedom from unreasonable searches, right to speedy and public trial, freedom of association, right of legal representation, and a right to liberty(Constitution). They didn't base the entire Ideology of the free world on these things for no reason. And the Patriotact has completely destroyed the rights which were promised to us. Without...

...USA PatriotAct
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With the developments and the recent attacks on the internet, there has been a need to ensure that cyber attacks and terrorism have been the most common concerns for government regulations. After the numerous attacks and cyber attacks that are common on the internet, there has been the need to have laws and acts to control these terrorist acts. This is the reason why the USA patriotAct was formulated. The main intention was to ensure that terrorism was fought in the US and the rest of the world. This aspect allowed and gave the law the power and freedom to investigate the activities that are undertaken on the internet. This will be a way of protecting citizens and internet users from attacks that are bound to take place online. The act, therefore, allowed the people undertaking the investigations to use tools in the process of investigations for activities which are considered to be suspect. This paper will look at the USA PatriotActs that were enacted to counter terrorism after the September 11 2001 attacks.
Introduction of USA PatriotAct
After the attacks which happened in the United States, the Congress agreed in one voice to have laws that would counter terrorism. This was undertaken in the quest to have safe America and security of...

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Anti PatriotAct Annotated Bibliography
Ann-Sophie Porry
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Ron Wyden and Mark Udall. (2013). The PatriotAct must not be used to violate the rights of law-abiding citizens. Retrieved from http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/07/patriot-act-violate-privacy
Summarize : This article discusses about the NSA surveillance controversy. It shows that secret data collection does not strike the 'right balance' between protecting US security and protecting Americans' privacy.
Assess : I found this article really helpful. It was helpful to see that this article supported our side of the debate on the privacy. Showing that the NSA could use other method that would not compromise American’s privacy.
Reflect : I chose to use this article because it shows how critical the use of the patriotact can be on the privacy. This article was really helpful and it is a good fit for the topic of our debate.
Concerned Citizens Against The PatriotAct. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.scn.org/ccapa/pa-vs-const.html
Summarize : This article discusses how the PatriotAct differs from the Constitution. It shows precisely where on the Constitution the Patriotact is violating for each amendment and how it is violating them too....

...The PatriotAct and Civil Liberties
The PatriotAct and Civil Liberties
With today’s society of advanced technology, it has become imperative for the United States to develop new laws to keep up with emerging threats and to combat illegal activities within the country as well as abroad. Without the ability to monitor communications and information, the War on Terrorism becomes an unsymmetrical battle that is detrimental to the American way of life. Devoid of such significant laws, federal authorities would be at a disadvantage to terrorists as well as criminals. The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOTAct) has helped turn the tables in the War on Terrorism and is essential to the defense of the United States.
In the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, it was apparent that the nation’s counterterrorism measures were not effective. These attacks established the need to better protect the country from within its own borders and casted a spotlight on government surveillance powers. Attorney General John Ashcroft advocated the need for new "tools" to hunt for potential terrorists after the attacks (Olson 2001). Within a few weeks, the United States Senate reacted by passing the USA PATRIOTAct with an...

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Summarize the U.S. PatriotAct.
The U.S. PatriotAct was developed to expand the intelligence gathering powers and increase responsibilities at all levels of law enforcement in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks. It became apparent that law enforcement at the Federal, state, and local levels needed to work more closely. Much of the local governments were not equipped with adequate resources or the necessary training to assist in preventing terrorist attacks and responding to them. Congress recognized these weaknesses at the local levels, as well as the lack of a coherent flow of information between Federal agencies, the flow of information from Federal agencies to state governments, and the subsequent flow of information to local level governments. Within only weeks of September 11, the U.S. PatriotAct was passed with an unprecedented bipartisan support. (Doyle, 2002)
The USA PatriotAct serves as an acronym for it “Uniting and of Strengthening of America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism” and is organized into ten titles. Title I enhances domestic security against terrorism and presidential authority. Title II enhances surveillance procedures. Title III incorporates the International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act of 2001. Title IV addresses...